Brilliant British-Nigerian comic Funmbi shares a fascinating take on his transition from the urban circuit to the mainstream, and his reasoning behind the move. We also explore the dynamic between hype, substance and longevity, and get schooled on the inner mechanisms of the cussing battles which he mastered as a child…

Accelerating through the comedy industry with dizzying speed, BAFTA-nominated Romesh nonetheless has a quiet authority reminiscent of your favourite teacher. We explore his fearlessness, the support of his family, and his exceptionally lean writing, as well as investigating the danger of becoming a representative. Of grumpy pricks…

“Uncle Mike” tells it like it is. A veteran standup possessed of an extraordinarily empathic relationship with his crowd, Mike loves enrapturing and abusing his audience with dirty gags your mum would accept from no-one else. There’s life in this aging warhorse…

One of the most inventive comics in Britain, documentary pioneer Dave Gorman gives us a genuinely thorough and methodical analysis of the four (or more) phases of his career. We discuss the TV show he’s least proud of, the wince-inducing way he found out a show wasn’t re-commissioned, and dig into the critical value of structure (Gorman-esque or otherwise…)

Big-hearted gangshow “Pappy’s” are the sweatiest, loveliest bunch of dickheads you could ever hope to see pretending to be in their twenties on BBC3.
In this live show they discuss writing in a threesome, taking one for the team, and what makes critics “jizz themselves”.
We also discover the painful truth about how they went from a four to a three, and learn how hard it is to write award-winning sketch comedy when you don’t know any of the hotkeys.

Are stand-up comedians simply repressed clowns? That’s the question posed by Phil Burgers, iconoclastic creator of the deliriously funny “Dr Brown”.
He passionately explores the the importance of receiving an audience not transmitting to them, searching for the pleasure in being an idiot, and why “need” kills comedy. He also explains how he has created work by improvising a completely new show, every night of a festival.
This podcast could change your performing life.